In love
Values friendship inside a relationship above romance. Needs autonomy preserved.
Settled date · day 17 of 30 in the sign
February 5 zodiac sign: Aquarius
The February 5 zodiac sign is Aquarius in every year from 1930 to 2029: on that date the Sun stands 16°41′ into the sign, 16 days past its start and 13 days before Pisces begins.
- Sun sign
- Aquarius at noon in every year 1930–2029
- US births a day
- 10,893 #312 of 366 dates
- Day of the year
- 36th in every year
- Sun at noon 2026
- 16°41′ of Aquarius
Births: US Social Security Administration 2000–2014. Sun: NASA JPL DE440.
How common is this birthday
February 5 among the 366 days
February 5 averages 10,893 births a day in the US — the 55th least common of the 366 dates, 4.0% below the average day. The deep dips are holidays.
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Where in Aquarius this falls
February 5 falls on day 7 of the Mercury decan (January 29–February 8, 2026).
Mercury-ruled decan of Aquarius
Decan
2 of 3 · 10°–20°
Sub-ruler
Mercury
Sign ruler
Uranus (traditionally Saturn)
Sun at noon, 2026
16°41′
Mercury wires the sign for analysis and talk — quicker, more articulate, less settled. The middle ten degrees are Aquarius at full strength: past the entry from Capricorn, not yet leaning toward Pisces.
Personality
February 5 birthday personality
People born on February 5 are Aquarius, and the sign is read as independence, principle and distance from the herd. Thinks for itself and cares about fairness at a scale beyond its own circle.
The 5th sits in the middle of the single digits, and the reading is about movement and experience. Those born on this day are said to learn best by doing: traveling, experimenting, changing jobs, meeting people unlike themselves. Birthday number 5 in full →
At work
Strong on innovation and systems thinking. Resists hierarchy on principle.
Stone and flower
The February birthstone is amethyst (purple), and the month's flowers are the violet and primrose.
Look up your birth year
Every year, computed
All 100 years for February 5. Each row is calculated for that exact day — sun position, life path, the Moon's sign and nakshatra, and which planets were retrograde. Find your year.
| Year | Sun | Life path | Moon | Nakshatra | Retrograde |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | Aquarius 15.98° | 11 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | — |
| 1931 | Aquarius 15.73° | 3 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1932 | Aquarius 15.49° | 4 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | Jupiter |
| 1933 | Aquarius 16.26° | 5 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1934 | Aquarius 16.01° | 6 | Libra | Chitra 2 | Venus |
| 1935 | Aquarius 15.77° | 7 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | — |
| 1936 | Aquarius 15.53° | 8 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | Mercury |
| 1937 | Aquarius 16.29° | 9 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 4 | — |
| 1938 | Aquarius 16.05° | 1 | Aries | Revati 2 | — |
| 1939 | Aquarius 15.8° | 11 | Virgo | Magha 3 | — |
| 1940 | Aquarius 15.54° | 3 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | — |
| 1941 | Aquarius 16.32° | 4 | Taurus | Krittika 3 | — |
| 1942 | Aquarius 16.06° | 5 | Libra | Hasta 1 | Mercury Venus |
| 1943 | Aquarius 15.82° | 6 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 1944 | Aquarius 15.58° | 7 | Cancer | Ardra 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1945 | Aquarius 16.34° | 8 | Scorpio | Vishakha 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1946 | Aquarius 16.1° | 9 | Pisces | Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | Mars Saturn |
| 1947 | Aquarius 15.85° | 1 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | Saturn |
| 1948 | Aquarius 15.6° | 11 | Sagittarius | Mula 1 | Mars Saturn |
| 1949 | Aquarius 16.38° | 3 | Taurus | Bharani 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1950 | Aquarius 16.13° | 4 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 4 | Venus Saturn |
| 1951 | Aquarius 15.88° | 5 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | Saturn |
| 1952 | Aquarius 15.64° | 6 | Gemini | Rohini 4 | Saturn |
| 1953 | Aquarius 16.4° | 7 | Libra | Chitra 4 | Saturn |
| 1954 | Aquarius 16.16° | 8 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | Jupiter |
| 1955 | Aquarius 15.92° | 9 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1956 | Aquarius 15.67° | 1 | Sagittarius | Anuradha 3 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1957 | Aquarius 16.44° | 11 | Aries | Revati 3 | Jupiter |
| 1958 | Aquarius 16.19° | 3 | Virgo | Magha 3 | Venus |
| 1959 | Aquarius 15.94° | 4 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 4 | — |
| 1960 | Aquarius 15.7° | 5 | Taurus | Krittika 2 | — |
| 1961 | Aquarius 16.46° | 6 | Libra | Hasta 2 | Mars |
| 1962 | Aquarius 16.21° | 7 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | Mercury |
| 1963 | Aquarius 15.97° | 8 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | Mars |
| 1964 | Aquarius 15.71° | 9 | Scorpio | Vishakha 1 | — |
| 1965 | Aquarius 16.49° | 1 | Pisces | Uttara Bhadrapada 1 | Mars |
| 1966 | Aquarius 16.24° | 11 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1967 | Aquarius 15.99° | 3 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | Jupiter |
| 1968 | Aquarius 15.76° | 4 | Taurus | Ashwini 4 | Jupiter |
| 1969 | Aquarius 16.52° | 5 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 1970 | Aquarius 16.28° | 6 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | — |
| 1971 | Aquarius 16.04° | 7 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | — |
| 1972 | Aquarius 15.79° | 8 | Libra | Chitra 3 | — |
| 1973 | Aquarius 16.56° | 9 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | Saturn |
| 1974 | Aquarius 16.31° | 1 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | Venus Saturn |
| 1975 | Aquarius 16.06° | 11 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | Mercury Saturn |
| 1976 | Aquarius 15.82° | 3 | Aries | Revati 2 | Saturn |
| 1977 | Aquarius 16.58° | 4 | Virgo | Magha 3 | Saturn |
| 1978 | Aquarius 16.33° | 5 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1979 | Aquarius 16.09° | 6 | Gemini | Krittika 4 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1980 | Aquarius 15.84° | 7 | Libra | Hasta 1 | Mars Jupiter Saturn |
| 1981 | Aquarius 16.61° | 8 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 1982 | Aquarius 16.36° | 9 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | Mercury Venus Saturn |
| 1983 | Aquarius 16.11° | 1 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | — |
| 1984 | Aquarius 15.87° | 11 | Pisces | Purva Bhadrapada 4 | — |
| 1985 | Aquarius 16.64° | 3 | Leo | Ashlesha 2 | — |
| 1986 | Aquarius 16.39° | 4 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | — |
| 1987 | Aquarius 16.15° | 5 | Taurus | Bharani 3 | — |
| 1988 | Aquarius 15.9° | 6 | Virgo | Purva Phalguni 3 | Mercury |
| 1989 | Aquarius 16.67° | 7 | Aquarius | Shravana 1 | Mercury |
| 1990 | Aquarius 16.43° | 8 | Gemini | Mrigashira 2 | Venus Jupiter |
| 1991 | Aquarius 16.18° | 9 | Scorpio | Swati 2 | Jupiter |
| 1992 | Aquarius 15.94° | 1 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 2 | Jupiter |
| 1993 | Aquarius 16.71° | 11 | Cancer | Punarvasu 4 | Mars Jupiter |
| 1994 | Aquarius 16.46° | 3 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | — |
| 1995 | Aquarius 16.22° | 4 | Aries | Ashwini 1 | Mercury Mars |
| 1996 | Aquarius 15.97° | 5 | Leo | Magha 1 | — |
| 1997 | Aquarius 16.73° | 6 | Capricorn | Purva Ashadha 3 | — |
| 1998 | Aquarius 16.48° | 7 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | Venus |
| 1999 | Aquarius 16.23° | 8 | Libra | Hasta 3 | — |
| 2000 | Aquarius 15.99° | 9 | Aquarius | Shravana 4 | — |
| 2001 | Aquarius 16.75° | 1 | Cancer | Ardra 3 | Mercury |
| 2002 | Aquarius 16.5° | 11 | Scorpio | Anuradha 1 | Mercury Jupiter Saturn |
| 2003 | Aquarius 16.26° | 3 | Aries | Uttara Bhadrapada 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2004 | Aquarius 16.02° | 4 | Leo | Pushya 3 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2005 | Aquarius 16.79° | 5 | Sagittarius | Mula 2 | Jupiter Saturn |
| 2006 | Aquarius 16.54° | 6 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | Saturn |
| 2007 | Aquarius 16.3° | 7 | Virgo | Uttara Phalguni 1 | Saturn |
| 2008 | Aquarius 16.06° | 8 | Capricorn | Uttara Ashadha 2 | Mercury Saturn |
| 2009 | Aquarius 16.82° | 9 | Gemini | Mrigashira 1 | Saturn |
| 2010 | Aquarius 16.57° | 1 | Scorpio | Swati 3 | Mars Saturn |
| 2011 | Aquarius 16.33° | 11 | Pisces | Shatabhisha 4 | Saturn |
| 2012 | Aquarius 16.08° | 3 | Cancer | Punarvasu 1 | Mars |
| 2013 | Aquarius 16.85° | 4 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 1 | — |
| 2014 | Aquarius 16.6° | 5 | Taurus | Ashwini 3 | Jupiter |
| 2015 | Aquarius 16.35° | 6 | Virgo | Magha 3 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 2016 | Aquarius 16.11° | 7 | Capricorn | Mula 4 | Jupiter |
| 2017 | Aquarius 16.88° | 8 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | — |
| 2018 | Aquarius 16.63° | 9 | Libra | Chitra 2 | — |
| 2019 | Aquarius 16.38° | 1 | Aquarius | Dhanishta 2 | — |
| 2020 | Aquarius 16.14° | 11 | Gemini | Mrigashira 3 | — |
| 2021 | Aquarius 16.9° | 3 | Scorpio | Vishakha 4 | Mercury |
| 2022 | Aquarius 16.65° | 4 | Aries | Revati 1 | — |
| 2023 | Aquarius 16.41° | 5 | Leo | Ashlesha 1 | — |
| 2024 | Aquarius 16.16° | 6 | Sagittarius | Jyeshtha 2 | — |
| 2025 | Aquarius 16.94° | 7 | Taurus | Bharani 4 | Mars |
| 2026 | Aquarius 16.69° | 8 | Libra | Uttara Phalguni 4 | Jupiter |
| 2027 | Aquarius 16.45° | 9 | Aquarius | Uttara Ashadha 4 | Mars Jupiter |
| 2028 | Aquarius 16.2° | 1 | Gemini | Rohini 1 | Mercury Jupiter |
| 2029 | Aquarius 16.97° | 11 | Scorpio | Swati 4 | — |
The Moon and nakshatra columns change every year because the Moon returns to the same calendar date in a different position — which is why a birth date alone cannot tell you those, and why this table exists.
A century of February 5
Day of the year
36 of 366
Mercury was retrograde on this date in
19 of 100 years
(19%)
Latest of those, to 2029
2001, 2002, 2008, 2015, 2021, 2028
Full moon fell on this date in
6 years — 1947, 1966, 1985, 1996, 2004, 2023
Most frequent moon phase
Waxing Gibbous · 19 years
Counted for February 5 alone, at noon UTC in each year from 1930 to 2029. Why the counts differ from date to date →
Year by year
2006
Aquarius
life path 6
2007
Aquarius
life path 7
2008
Aquarius
life path 8
2009
Aquarius
life path 9
2010
Aquarius
life path 1
2011
Aquarius
life path 11
2012
Aquarius
life path 3
2013
Aquarius
life path 4
2014
Aquarius
life path 5
2015
Aquarius
life path 6
2016
Aquarius
life path 7
2017
Aquarius
life path 8
2018
Aquarius
life path 9
2019
Aquarius
life path 1
2020
Aquarius
life path 11
2021
Aquarius
life path 3
2022
Aquarius
life path 4
2023
Aquarius
life path 5
2024
Aquarius
life path 6
2025
Aquarius
life path 7
2026
Aquarius
life path 8
2027
Aquarius
life path 9
2028
Aquarius
life path 1
2029
Aquarius
life path 11
The sign is the same in every tile; only the life path number moves.
Life path numbers this date produces
11
12 years · 12%
3
11 years · 11%
4
11 years · 11%
5
11 years · 11%
6
11 years · 11%
7
11 years · 11%
8
11 years · 11%
9
11 years · 11%
1
11 years · 11%
The most frequent is 11 with 12 years; every other number turns up in 11 years. And this date can carry a master number: 11 in 12 of those years — kept whole rather than reduced. Why 11, 22 and 33 are treated differently →
Questions about February 5 birthdays
What zodiac sign is February 5?
Aquarius in all 100 years from 1930 to 2029: the Sun stands at 16°41′ Aquarius on February 5, 16 days after the sign begins and 13 before Pisces takes over.
What life path numbers does February 5 produce?
Across 100 birth years the most common is 11 (12 years); every other number appears in 11 years.
Which decan is February 5?
The 2nd decan of Aquarius, 10° to 20°, sub-ruled by Mercury in the Chaldean order.
Can February 5 be a master number birth date?
Yes — 11, in 12 of the 100 years: 1930, 1939, 1948, 1957, 1966, 1975, 1984, 1993, 2002, 2011, 2020 and 2029.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “February 5 Zodiac Sign: Aquarius, and Why It Never Changes.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/birthday/february-5/
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